World-renowned architect Cesar Pelli has distilled the wisdom and experience gained through many years of practice into this deeply felt book meant for those interested in or about to embark upon the profession of architecture. His passion and understanding for the richness and complexity of architecture is transmitted throughout this personal volume. Pelli discusses what it is that makes architecture unique among the arts: that it stands at the junction of a profession and an art, that its completion is final, that it is ...
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World-renowned architect Cesar Pelli has distilled the wisdom and experience gained through many years of practice into this deeply felt book meant for those interested in or about to embark upon the profession of architecture. His passion and understanding for the richness and complexity of architecture is transmitted throughout this personal volume. Pelli discusses what it is that makes architecture unique among the arts: that it stands at the junction of a profession and an art, that its completion is final, that it is meant to be inhabited and taken over by its inhabitants. He bases his analysis on eight principal "connections" time, construction, place, purpose, culture, design process, constituency, and oneself. Each connection is discussed using historic and contemporary examples in both the text and illustrations. After the general discussion, Pelli turns to first-person commentary, using examples and illustrations from his own work, including such important buildings as Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (the world's tallest building), the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, and the World Financial Center complex in New York City. This heartfelt volume is both a practical account of the building of art and a lyrical reflection on the art of building. Guidebook, history, manual, it is truly an architectural autobiography with resonance far beyond the "young architects" for whom it is titled. Educated in Argentina and the United States,
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Architecture Study & Teaching. 8vo. Signed 1st Edition (1999. ) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 208 pages. Signed by Author to fellow architect on half-title page, "To Allen Rubenstein with affection Cesar Pelli, " in red wax pencil. The Book and DJ are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. "Pelli has always combined practice with teaching. From 1977 to 1984 he was dean of the School of Architecture at Yale University, and in 1977 he founded Cesar Pelli & Associates. Pelli received the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1995...generously illustrated with photographs of his work, Cesar Pelli had summed up a lifetime of his own architectural insights." Pictures available upon request. Black spine/Red text.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition. This copy is Signed and Inscribed by Pelli in red pencil. Inscription reads, "to D....and P..../with affection/Cesar" and dated 9/99. Condition is Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Clean, tight copy in a crisp dustjacket. Photos upon request.
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Fine in fine jacket. Illustrated in color and in black & white. 8vo, black cloth, d.w., 208 pages. (New York): Monacelli Press, (1999). First Edition. Fine. Signed in orange pencil to Mildred Schmertz, Editor-in-Chief of the Architectural Record. Includes is a typed note to her signed "Cesar".
